I have a 180,000 mile 2009 MK5 GTI with the ea888.1 2.0TSI, I got it at around 160k and had no problems until now, I recently started getting a low oil pressure light that would go away immediately, I was told by the local shop that I was probably just a sensor as they notoriously go out, replaced the sensor and was fine until a few days later when the light was happening again, didn’t throw any codes and would come on at around 20mph~, figured it was an oil pump so I ordered one, otw home the engine stalled out, I didn’t even notice it happening, I just noticed the engine had died at the light, tried bump starting it to no avail,buddy came to jump me and afterwards the entire car shook very badly, replaced the alternator and performed a throttle body reset because I assumed the shaking was from the car losing adaptations or I damaged an engine mount with the bump starting attempts. It continued to shake and I was receiving the light again, parked it for a week while I waited on having time to work on it, dropped the oil pan and saw CHUNKs of aluminum in the pickup pipe and oil pan, could this be a balance shaft or timing chain tensioner failure, if so what could the aluminum be from? Is it worth changing the balance shafts and doing a timing chain service or would I need a new engine, not the most mechanically inclined but I’m very confident, currently helping a buddy with a big turbo build in his focus st and learning a lot. Any information helps me at this point, I just want my car back man :(
